Chapter 88 Chapter 88: Locking Column

When the gelled gasoline caught fire, a series of crackling sounds were heard, just like frying beans. The fire ignited instantly, and the stone chamber was illuminated red.Immediately afterwards, a series of "squeaking" screams were heard, which was extremely shrill and creepy.The cry lasted for more than ten seconds, and then a blue light flashed in front of his eyes, and all the coffins disappeared in an instant.We only saw a ball of fire jumping up and down 30 meters ahead of us, with a series of screams from its mouth. The ball of fire was the bean mouse, and it was already on fire, rolling all over the ground in pain, black smoke was rising from its body, and the air was filled with the stench of burnt fur.To say that this gelled gasoline burns really extraordinary. After a burst of "crackling" explosions, the wail of the bean mouse became smaller and smaller, and soon stopped tumbling, and was burned to the ground in the blink of an eye. , turned into a pile of black ash.

After the flickering flames dimmed, the hall became pitch black again. The few of us turned on the flashlights and shook them around. The coffins on the ground were indeed gone. In the empty hall, there were only a few big pillars standing upright. Liu Ye pointed to the corner of the wall for us to take a quick look, and the disgusting corpse was gone. Sure enough, like those coffins on the ground, after a fire, the disgusting dead body disappeared out of thin air. It seems that it is indeed a hallucination, and it was deliberately created by that bean mouse to scare us. Thinking of the scene just now, I still feel uncomfortable in my stomach.

We walked around carefully close to the base of the wall. There were stone walls all around, and there seemed to be nothing unusual. Knowing that a large warehouse will not be built here for no reason, there are probably agencies.But in such a large place, it would take less than half a month to check it inch by inch. What's more, we don't know what the mechanism will look like, whether it is a button or a flap, whether it is square or round. , Blindly looking for it, it is estimated that it will be useless to find it by the end of the year. The floor of the stone chamber is paved with blue and white stones, the surrounding walls are all one-meter-long granite, and the roof of the chamber is a semicircular arch, which is primitive and unsophisticated, and there is nothing special about it.We looked around and looked around, and finally we all focused on these pillars. In this hall, in comparison, these pillars are a bit too gorgeous, and compared with the plain ground and walls, they are really eye-catching.

After turning around several times, Liu Ye finally touched the pillars and looked at me and Da Ya: "Could it be that these pillars are weird? Why do these pillars have to be made into square pillars? In the past buildings, buildings like this Normally, cylinders should be used, because cylinders are the most load-bearing, and cylinders with the same cross-sectional area can be balanced in all directions and will be stronger, but here it is the opposite, so many square columns are used, which is a bit strange." There is indeed a problem with this point. The square pillars are obviously not as heavy as the pillars.If it is said that the ancients’ research on architectural mechanics was no worse than that of modern people, they would not even be unable to understand this point. Since they knowingly committed crimes, they must have another purpose.It is impossible for such a large stone sculpture to be carved from a whole stone. I looked carefully and I could see the seams between the stones. Although they are small, under the strong light of the flashlight It can also be seen.

Looking up along the patchwork, I finally found something strange at a position about two meters above the ground.The stone carving on the cylinder is about one meter two wide and more than ten meters high. It is made of three stone slabs side by side.Each piece is 40 centimeters wide and about 30 centimeters high. Compared with the adjacent stone slabs, it is obviously a bit abrupt.I tilted my head and looked at the other side of the pillar. Sure enough, it was made of three stone slabs at the same height. After I ran and jolted through all the eight pillars, I couldn't hide my inner excitement, called Big Ya and Liu Ye to the side, and told them what I just discovered.

After seeing it, Da Ya blinked his eyes a few times, glanced at me and said, "Lai Liang, you mean this thing is a mechanism? Is it made like this on purpose?" I nodded: "If it is true that occasionally a stone is broken, and I have to put together three pieces, it can't be like this for all these pillars. The 'waist line' that is not popular in tiling tiles in the past, I reckon this There must be some famous places in the place.” Da Ya nodded, and was about to touch it with my hand. I quickly pulled Da Ya back, and punched Da Ya: "Master Cheng, let me tell you, Master Cheng, can you be more careful, you think it's the doorbell, just press it and you'll hear it." The door is open, if I can press it, I still need you to press it!"

I pointed at the top of the voucher with my finger, and told Da Ya, there is some clear oil or fine sand on the top, if the top is not properly pressed, and the top is turned over, we all have to explain it here, it doesn’t matter if you die, don’t drag us It's not clear why I died with you. Da Ya curled his lips, snorted coldly, pulled my hand away and said: "Look at your virtue, I just feel it, you think my head is flooded, I don't know that this thing can't be pressed casually !" Liu Ye waved at us from the side: "Stop arguing, I think what Lai Liang said makes sense. There must be a reason why these pillars are doing this. If it is really a Taoist organ, then it means that there must be a place here. There will be dangers, we still need to be more cautious. Let's hurry up and think about how to open this mechanism!"

Each of these eight pillars has four faces, which add up to thirty-two switches.The devil knows how many and in what order they need to press. They say they want to think about the doorway, but in fact, everyone knows that if there is no formula for this thing, it is just a dream. After a long time, Liu Ye looked up at me and said: "I think it is impossible for us to get the changes of these columns right in terms of the data of arrangement and combination, but I think it can be simplified, and this This mechanism has always belonged to the Qimen Dunjia and the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams. We can distinguish it by pillars, that is to say, there are eight pillars, and each pillar has four changes. Thinking about it this way, won’t it be simpler?”

When Liu Ye said this, I was a little enlightened. Indeed, finding the answer from thirty-two kinds of changes is simply delusional, but if you follow Liu Ye's way of thinking, eight pillars, each with four changes, seem to be the same as the problem. Simpler. Eight?Bagen... Does this have anything to do with gossip? I took another look at the eight pillars, which were arranged on both sides of the cave entrance, with four pillars in each row, and they must not be arranged according to the eight trigrams.But the "eight" is indeed the most sensitive number in Qimen gossip.Eight changes, four changes in each formation, what is the source of this?I racked my brains, my head ached, and I couldn't figure out what was going on.

Da Ya stretched his neck at the side, turned his head, and said to me: "Lai Liang, let me tell you, each of these eight pillars has four sides, and these four sides should be able to be pressed down. Press it, it is probably similar to unlocking, the spring on the lock cylinder will be opened, and the mechanism will be broken. This is similar to the password on the combination box. It is estimated that the sequence is not a big problem. As long as you don’t make a mistake, press all the right keys. .” Liu Ye nodded first, then shook her head, and said slowly: "The principle is similar, it should be similar to the lock cylinders inside the lock head. There are four retaining springs on the eight lock cylinders, and it is estimated that each cylinder Only one is correct. Pressing all of them should open a mechanism. But whether you can try it or press it repeatedly, I don’t think so. , As long as you have time, try various combinations, and it will definitely open."

After Liu Ye finished speaking, I sighed softly: "It doesn't matter if we can try multiple times here, but if we are not sure, don't press it. This is not a combination box. If you press the wrong key, try it again." Da Ya snorted and leaned back: "I can't even try, except for Nurhachi, I think it's useless for anyone to come!" Nurhachi? !What Da Ya said was like enlightenment. After falling into the hole, he didn't have time to calm down and think about these things. Instead, he forgot the most important link.If it was built by Nurhachi, it must be related to our beads. Since it is related to beads, there must be a hint on how to open the organ! Liu Ye stared at me for a long time, paused every word, and said slowly: "I also have worries, I dare not follow suit!" I just thought of this too, and opened my mouth and replied, "Three one three four, three four four four!" Liu Ye and I looked at each other and smiled, and we couldn't help but hugged, our excitement was beyond words, if I didn't guess wrong, this unstoppable is the key to the mechanism here, and I immediately smiled. Da Ya looked at us blankly from the side, squeezed his throat and hummed: "In the third watch, the two of us entered the embroidery room, and the two of us went to the gums, untied the powder bag, and revealed The scent of chrysanthemums..." When Da Ya sang, it was too disturbing, Liu Ye hurriedly pushed me away, and when he heard Da Ya sing vulgarly, she glared at Da Ya and kicked him hard. Big Tooth was singing in high spirits, and he couldn't see clearly because of his black rumble, so Liu Ye staggered with his foot, so that he could not lie on the ground, so scared that he let out an "Ai yo", and when he turned around, he saw Liu Ye frowned. , I didn’t have a good face, and didn’t dare to say anything, and said to myself resentfully: "It’s not a dirty song, this is the famous song "Lover". Look, why is the girl still angry? I just adjust the atmosphere, and I’m down to business It's important, don't hurt your harmony. Too much anger hurts the body, anger hurts the liver, and fear hurts the kidneys. I was frightened just now, but now I can't be angry, or the water and fire will clash, and it will be bad for the body!" Liu Ye has nothing to do with Da Ya, so she can only warn Da Ya sternly that she is not allowed to sing this kind of duo in front of her again, it sounds disgusting. Da Ya chuckled: "Okay, okay, okay, against the three vulgarities, starting from me, we will sing Kunqu Opera, and sing elegant ones from now on!" We rediscussed for a while, and felt that the words written on the parchment might be the unlock code here. As for whether the numbers we obtained according to the word order in the poem were correct, we didn't know for sure, so we hesitated for a while. Indecision. Da Ya looked at the eight pillars, and waved his hands carelessly: "Let me see, don't waste your time here, you stand back and I'll try it, if it's right, I'll save my trouble The cells are gone, if something goes wrong, you all retreat first, and I will hold back!" He said it lightly, but we all know what it means to be in the back if something goes wrong. It is obvious that if something goes wrong, you will definitely die here.What to say, we also disagree with Da Ya's suggestion, but we can't come up with a better method. Finally Da Ya got impatient, took out two toothpicks, broke one of them, then held it in his hand, and waved at me: "Come on, to be fair, let's resign ourselves to fate, let's draw lots, whoever gets the short tooth Yes, who will try it!" Liu Ye glanced at Da Ya: "What about me? If you arrest the eunuch, you have to count me in. Why do you two arrest me and keep me outside?" Da Ya glanced at Liu Ye, and persuaded her, "Sister, this is not an honorable thing, you don't need to compare. We were also under the curse, and we didn't live long. We will die sooner or later. Besides, we The two old men can't just watch you take risks, you have a great role to play, but it's definitely not here." Liu Ye didn't listen to Da Ya's talk at all, and said that they came together, and they had to face it together. At this time, it didn't care about men and women, and everyone was equal before life and death. I glanced at Liu Ye and nodded at Da Ya without saying anything. Da Ya had no choice but to take out another toothpick, mixed it in, squeezed it with his hands, and then motioned to Liu Ye and me to see who would pick it first. I glanced at the willow leaves, stared at the three toothpicks in Da Ya's hand, stretched out my hand, pulled out the middle one, and quickly held it in my hand. Liu Ye looked at me worriedly and asked me which one I got? After I stretched out my hand, half of the toothpick was exposed... Liu Ye covered her mouth and was stunned. Big Tooth looked at me and was also stunned. I threw the toothpick aside and waved at Da Ya, telling Da Ya and Liu Ye to retreat to the hole first, and let me try. Da Ya looked at me, just about to say something, I gestured to him, telling him not to say anything, I know what to do. Da Ya shook his head, pulled Liu Ye back into the cave. While they were not paying attention, I threw the other half of the toothpick between my fingers on the ground. The moment I got the toothpick, I knew it wasn't short.In this case, I don't want anything to happen to them, no matter if it's a big tooth or a willow leaf, so I secretly broke off a piece after holding it in my hand.Since I have to work hard, only by myself can I make my heart feel better.And to deal with this situation, obviously I have more experience than them. There are two rows of pillars, four in each row.I walked to the first pillar in the row on the left and looked at the four sides. If we guessed well, the password corresponding to the first pillar is "three". I have used a compass to set the orientation of these pillars before, and they are in line with the meridian, facing the four elephants, and the four sides are facing east, west, north and south. Taiji gives birth to Liangyi, Liangyi gives birth to four images, and the four images represent the four seasons in the sky. Spring belongs to wood, and the eight trigrams live in the east. 3. Autumn belongs to gold, resides in the west in the eight trigrams, belongs to the Dui trigram, and the number is two; winter belongs to water, lives in the north in the eight trigrams, and belongs to the Kan hexagram, and the number is one. According to the orientation of the four seasons, five elements and eight trigrams, it is obvious that the mechanism of the first pillar is in the south.I made up my mind, looked back at Big Tooth and Liu Ye, gritted my teeth, reached out to look at the stone slab in the middle, and pressed it hard. The stone slab was dented after I touched it with a little force, and I heard a "click", as if something was stuck. After waiting for a while, there was no more movement.I listened to it for a long time, and saw that nothing was happening, so I finally got some relief in my heart. I quickly walked to the second pillar and came to the north. After taking a deep breath, I raised my hand and pressed it lightly. Immediately afterwards, there was another "click", and then there was no movement. At this time, my courage grew, and I walked to the next pillar with great strides, and did the same.After a short effort, the six pillars were pressed down, leaving only the last two pillars in front of me.I was just about to press the seventh one, when suddenly Liu Ye yelled, telling me not to move! I was so scared that I quickly withdrew my hands and stuck my whole body tightly on the pillar. I looked around and saw that there was nothing unusual, so I looked back at Big Tooth and Liu Ye in the distance, and asked what happened to Liu Ye and if there was anything wrong. . Liu Ye walked over quickly, looked at this pillar, and said to me a little hesitantly: "I think I should press the other one first, which is the eighth one, and then press this one later, in order." To turn it upside down. But I don't have a good reason, just a gut feeling." I glanced at Liu Ye and didn't understand why she said that. Liu Ye smiled and asked me if I still remember that "Xiaoche" in the poem "dare not to follow" is upside down in the poem. Could it be that the mechanism here has to be turned upside down when it is turned on? Of course it's just her Inference, for no other reason than this. It is true that the original text of the poem is "The destiny is not clear, I dare not imitate my friend Ziyi", first it is "full", and then it is "effective". At that time, we analyzed that it might be for the rhyme and smoothness of the sentence.It may also be to highlight the special period of "destiny", but in any case, in fact, it is the last two words that reverse the original sentence of the poem. I glanced at Liu Ye, smiled deliberately and relaxed, patted her on the shoulder to reassure her, then pouted at the entrance of the cave, motioning her to go back and wait for me first. Liu Ye looked at me worriedly, but in the end she didn't say anything else, she just smiled faintly: "Okay, I'll wait for you over there!" After speaking, she turned her head and went back. Looking at Liu Ye's back, my heart was also in a mess. I don't know whether Liu Ye's words were intentional or unintentional, which made me feel a little distracted and dreamy.I quickly shook my head and forced myself to calm down. There are more than 50 meters from here to the entrance of the cave. If something goes wrong, no matter how fast I am, I may not be able to escape.But at this time, there is no choice but to go all out. When I walked up to the eighth pillar, I couldn't help but feel my chest thumping. After taking a few deep breaths, I looked up to see where it was, and pressed it with my eyes closed. After this press, my heart almost jumped out, I didn't dare to move, and listened to the movement with my ears up. It took me a long time to hear a "crack" sound. Although the sound was small, it sounded to my ears as if I heard the horn of victory. My hanging heart finally let go, and I quickly shook the flashlight at Liu Ye and the others. , made a signal. Seeing that I was safe and sound, Liu Ye also breathed a sigh of relief, staring nervously at the last pillar. I looked at the last pillar, as if victory was right in front of me. I adjusted my breath, walked up to it, and knew in my heart that success or failure depends on one action. Random arrows pierced the heart and smashed the body to pieces.Ninety-nine prayers have been prayed, and this trembling is not bad. I looked at the position, shook my hand, and relaxed my whole body as much as possible. Then I gritted my teeth, stretched out my hand and pressed it down. As soon as I pressed it, I felt the whole ground shaking.My body began to shake from side to side involuntarily following the ground, and I was so scared that I hugged the pillar quickly.Before I had any other reaction, the hall suddenly shook and rumbled, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had fallen. Da Ya saw that it was not good, so he pulled his neck and shouted at me: "Lai Liang, run back quickly, it seems to be collapsing! There is an earthquake!" I was stunned, and quickly ran back, kicking hard under my feet. I feel that I have never run so fast before, and I feel the wind blowing in my ears.Just after running about ten meters away, suddenly the soles of my feet were empty, and I looked down, and in the middle of the two rows of pillars, a full six square meters of ground suddenly disappeared. This piece of ground seemed to have suddenly sunk to the ground. Underneath, a large black hole was revealed. When I saw the situation under my feet clearly, I couldn't hold my feet anymore. When I stepped on the ground, I fell straight down with my head upside down.